5 Alternatives To Content Delivery Network MaxCDN



A content delivery network system is a collection of internet servers which serves about one third of the most visited websites. The system improves speed of access for download-able data, applications, queries, web objects and media streams, as it increases the access bandwidth and reduces latency.

It contains copies of data located at different nodes of the selected servers, providing service from servers which are located geographically close to the user, hence saving access time. Furthermore, this unique method assists in reducing load on web application and improves scalability. There are several types of Content Deliver Networks which includes third party CDN providers too.

MaxCDN Alternatives

MaxCDN  is one of the most famous CDNs Wordpress Users Are Using Today .
But if you don't like MaxCDN or having any problem with it you can always try these alternatives.

1. CoralCDN

CoralCDN is a free CDN and the source code is available through GNU GPL. CoralCDN locates cached objects and helps to improve the availability of data. It is built on key indexing infrastructure which is called Coral. The drawback of Coral is that it can be blocked by a few antivirus software and web filtering packages (Websense and Open DNS.)

2. Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront provides cloud computing, database and storage. Amazon costs $0.075 per 10,000 HTTP requests and $0.0100 per 10,000 HTTPS requests in the US. The rates vary with region. Users can also go for reserved capacity pricing, if the usage level is lower than 10 TB per month in one region.

3. CacheFly

CacheFly is a reliable CDN which ranked at #1 in a website comparison of 24 CDNs for efficiency by ‘Cloudclimate.com’. The custom plan of CacheFly costs $0.03 / GB and a risk free trial is provided for 30 days. The minimum package is available at $99 / month.

4. ProCDN

ProCDN provides Grid Service and has a dedicated server. It is provides fast access to data and is one of the most affordable providers. It is in fact the first company authorized to host iASP for Macromedia’s Flash Communication Server and Linux. ProCDN’s rate is $20 per month for 200 GB data transfer

5. CDNetworks

CDNetworks is full service CDN which provides video streaming, image caching and large volume downloads. It has more than 80 POPs in 52 geographical regions and it has one of the best transfer performances. It is priced at $0.50 per GB.

If you have used any other CDN and found it useful please share it with us in comments.



Comments

  1. I Am using Max CDN and this is good list for me to compare .

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    1. Yes and that's why I gave 5 alternative because many CDN users might not like MaxCDN and this list contains some good alternatives to MaxCDN.

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  2. I think it's fair to say that CoralCDN is dead.
    As some CDNs disappear, some other emerge. I migrated from CacheFly to KeyCDN (www.keycdn.com) and it's definitely a great alternative to MaxCDN

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    1. Sure I will update the article and add keycdn to the list.
      Thanks for the contribution. :)

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